Venezuela Extends Crackdown on Colombia Border to 4th State

President Nicolas Maduro is extending an anti-smuggling crackdown to a fourth state on the border with Colombia as foreign ministers from the two countries prepare to meet in Caracas.   Maduro said late Tuesday night said that a month-old state of emergency would be broadened to encompass part of the sparsely populated southern state of Amazonas.   Venezuela has closed border crossings, deployed troops and deported some 1,400 Colombian nationals as part of what it calls a...

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